Faye E. Goldman

Statement

I have been doing origami since elementary school. I was drawn to modular origami by its structure and mathematical properties. This is the medium in which I work. More recently, I found the Snapology technique by H. Strobl, which allows creativity with very few rules using only strips of material. I like to use beautiful ribbon which seems to add another dimension to my work. Snapology has allowed me to dig deeply into mathematical shapes. It has provided insights into mathematical concepts and ideas. I wrote, 'Geometric Origami', published by Thunder Bay Press. It is the first book completely dedicated to the Snapology technique. The bottom line is that I make these wonderful works because they look really cool.

Artworks

For many years, I have enjoyed making beautiful models using the Snapology Technique, invented by Heinz Strobl of Germany. I am always interested in new (at least to me) polyhedra models. This is also known an expanded icosidodecahedron, rectified rhombicosidodecahedron, rectified small rhombicosidodecahedron, and rhombirhombicosidodecahedron. Starting with a rhombic triacontahedron, expand the 30 faces introducing triangles, squares, and pentagons. The end result has 122 faces (30 rhombi, 60 squares, 12 pentagons, and 20 triangles. There are also 120 vertices and 240 edges.

The snub rhombic triacontahedron is made by replacing each of the squares in the expanded rhombic triacontahedron with 2 triangles. There are two chiral forms. The model consists of triangles, rhombi and pentagons. There are 120 vertices, 182 faces (140 triangles, 30 rhombi, 12 pentagons) and 300 edges. Both the expanded rhombic triacontahedron and the snub rhombic triacontahedron have 120 vertices.